Portland`s 1924 Tax Records

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Preserving History • Engaging Minds • Connecting Maine
maine historical society
WINT ER 2012/ 2013
From the Director
I’d like to use this space to recognize Chris Livesay, an
important figure in MHS’s recent history, on the occasion
of a very generous gift that he has just made to our
collections. Chris served as President of MHS from 20092011, a critical period that included the completion of the
renovation and expansion of the Brown Research Library.
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In corporated 1 8 2 2
OF F I CE R S
An attorney who lives in Brunswick with his wife Susan,
Chris is a collector, Renaissance man, and known for his aversion to things
digital. In addition to historical interests, he travels the globe collecting
butterflies. Chris’s connection to MHS came through his own collecting interests
and activities. Over the past 35 years Chris has built one of the most important
collections of early Maine imprints. These are publications printed in Maine prior
to 1820, including sermons, orations, almanacs, and political documents.
Among many other topics, Chris’ collection includes significant titles on the
responsibilities and mechanics of citizenship in the formative days of our country.
Katherine Stoddard Pope, President
Lendall L. Smith, 1st Vice President
Preston R. Miller, 2nd Vice President
Carolyn B. Murray, Secretary
Horace W. Horton, Treasurer
TR U S TE E S
Eleanor G. Ames
Eldon L. Morrison
Richard E. Barnes
Theodore L. Oldham
Robert P. BaRoss
Eric Baxter
Carl L. Chatto
Joseph E. Gray
Neil R. Rolde
Charles V. Stanhope
Alan B. Stearns
Jothan A. Trafton
Jean Gulliver
Lee D. Webb
Patrick T. Jackson
David Lakari
Peter G. McPheeters
Chris recently donated this important collection—more than 600 imprints—to
MHS. The collection will be processed and we will let you know when it becomes
available to researchers.
Frederic L. Thompson
Bob Greene
Paul A. Wescott
Charles D. Whittier II
Jean T. Wilkinson
In the last issue, I told you that I was smitten by a snapshot from the 1960s. MHS
may be leading the way in the digital age, but Chris’ donation reflects our
unwavering commitment to physical things, and to early Maine history.
Peter Merrill
S TA F F
A D MI N I S TR A TI ON
Stephen Bromage
Laura Webb
Jacqueline Fenlason
Cynthia Murphy
Thank you Chris, and to the many others who entrust their collections to MHS.
Executive Director
Assistant to the Director
Steve Bromage
Executive Director
Director of Finance & Administration
Finance/Human Resource Assistant
Deborah Stone
Director of Development
Elizabeth Nash
Marketing & Public Relations Manager
Jennifer Blodgett
Membership Coordinator
Steven Atripaldi
Facilities Manager
A b o u t th e c o ve r:
E D U CA TI ON
Bridget McCormick
Larissa Vigue Picard
T i t le p a ge o f Narration of the Captivity of John Fillmore, and His Escape from
Education Coordinator
the Pirates, B y I n cr ea s e Mo s eley, p r i n t ed i n P o r t la n d b y B e n ja m in T itc o m b ,
Community Partnership Coordinator
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LIBRARY
Nicholas Noyes
Jamie Rice
William D. Barry
Nancy Noble
Head of Library Services
Library Reference Assistant
Archivist/Cataloger
MU S E U M
John Mayer
Holly Hurd-Forsyth
Melissa Spoerl
Ta bl e o f Co n t e n ts
Research & Administrative Librarian
Curator of the Museum
Registrar
Museum Store Manager
3Ne w Acquisitions
Sukey Hayward’s Early 19th Century 7
Comm unity G ra n ts & P ro gra ms
* L o ca l & L egen d a r y :
Ma i n e i n t h e Civ il W a r
* U p co mi n g Pr og r a m s a t M H S
H o u s ewi f e
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Map Conse rve d
Robert Kemp
Visitor Services Coordinator
A lexa n d er W a d s wo r t h L o n gf ello w’ s Allan Levinsky
Visitor Services Coordinator
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Contribu tin g P a rt n e r
T h e W es t Q u o dd y H e a d L ig h t K e e p e r s A s s o ci a t i o n
Ma p o f t h e P r es u mp s co t R i ver
9 L ibrary snap sh o t d a y
M A INE ME MOR Y N E TWO RK
5Now Online
Kathleen Amoroso
P o r t la n d ’ s 1924 T a x R eco r d s
Candace Kanes
Dani Fazio
Jamie Cantoni
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Director of Digital Services
Image Services Coordinator
Cataloger & Production Assistant
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Maine Memo ry N et wo r k
S t u d y a n d Ed u c a tio n : T h e W o m a n ’s Curator
6Staff Sp otlig ht
L i t er a r y U n i o n
A W eek i n t h e L i f e o f a n Ed u ca t i o n C o o r d i n a t o r
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MH S T h a n k s O u r D o n o r s
“Of Sober life and Conversation”
signed the note, and offered their recommendation that Sukey “is a person of Sober life and
Conversation and well qualified to keep such
a school.”
Working with the community to develop historical
collections is one of the more wonderful aspects of a
curator’s job. Nearly every day, individuals (and
organizations) reach out to MHS to offer items for
our collections. Museum staff members review
each item carefully to determine if it fits MHS
collecting interests, and to ensure that we can
care for it. There is no way to anticipate the
mystery and opportunity that any given item
might present.
A housewife is a portable sewing kit
made from fabric that could roll up
and be easily carried. Needles, thread,
small scissors and more were carried
in the kit to be close at hand when
needed. Period publications, such
as Godey’s Lady’s Book, offered
instructions for making housewives
and recommendations for how they could
benefit travelers, including soldiers away
from home.
This past fall Caroline French, a collector
from Dover, New Hampshire, offered MHS
a fancy sewing kit—or “housewife” as they
were called—that she had found at a
neighborhood yard sale during her travels.
Caroline warned us that parts of the silk fabric
used to make the kit had rotted and that the
piece was in poor condition.
But inside one of the pockets, Caroline found a
folded note written in 1805 that made a strong
connection to Maine and helped build confidence that,
despite its condition, the sewing kit should be added to
the MHS collection.
Based on the note, this sewing kit belonged to Sukey
Hayward of Readfield, who was hopeful she could find
a position as a teacher in a local school. Two selectmen
h A detail showing the metallic
thread and beadwork decoration
with inset mirrors.
l The Sukey Hayward “housewife”
or sewing kit, donated by Caroline
French.
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This particular example is very elaborate. It
originally had six panels (one is missing), was
made from silk fabric, and decorated with
metallic thread, glass beads, and mirrors. There
are two other examples of housewives in the
collection, but they are not nearly as decorative.
We would like to learn more about this object and
about Sukey Hayward and so our research continues.
In the meantime, we are grateful to Caroline French for
her generous donation.
John Mayer
Museum Curator
This note written on July 29, 1805, was found folded inside one of the pockets.
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New Acquisitions
Sukey Hayward’s Early 19th Century Housewife
Map Conserved
A lexa nd e r W a dsw ort h L on g f el l ow ’ s
Ma p of the P r e sump s c ot R iv er
A large manuscript map (over six feet long) showing a nearly
two-mile section of the Presumpscot River in 1840 has
recently been conserved by the Northeast Document
Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts.
Surveyed and drawn by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow
(1814-1901), brother of the poet Henry, this unique map was
rediscovered by volunteer map cataloger Fran Pollitt during
the move back into the renovated Brown Research Library
building. Former AmeriCorps educational assistant Marieke
Van Der Steenhoven researched the map.
F ROM THE COLLECTIONS
The map, found rolled up and dirty, was created for an 1840s court case,
O.M. Whipple versus the Cumberland Cotton Manufacturing
Company. It shows textile, grist, and powder mills along the
Presumpscot River as well as the course of the Cumberland &
Oxford Canal. It warranted conservation for several reasons,
including its association with the Longfellow Family and
depiction of the local landscape.
The court case concerned the water depths and damages
sustained from higher waters. Longfellow and John M.
Batchelder (1811-1892) were commissioned to survey the
waterway between the two mills. The map was completed in
g A.W. Longfellow map of
Presumpscot River, Windham, 1840, as
seen before the conservation.
$ A.W. Longfellow map of
Presumpscot River, Windham, 1840,
after conservation. Map RR 20. 32 in. x
75 in. Manuscript ink, graphite, watercolor on wove paper. Photo taken by
the Northeast Document Conservation
Center.
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h John Bradley Hudson Jr. (1832-1903) painted this
scene of Presumpscot Falls in Portland in about 1867.
1840 and shows the section of river between these two manufacturing
facilities, from Gambo Falls to Little Falls in South Windham, Maine.
The map is one of the earliest works extant by A.W. Longfellow, who
went on to work for the Northeast Boundary Commission surveying the
St. John River and for the U.S. Coast Survey from Maine to Georgia.
The resulting 1844 court case created a precedent, still in use today,
whereby the costs to create maps and surveys for legal actions would be
born equally by all parties in the complaint.
Nicholas Noyes
Head of Library Services
F ROM THE COLLECTIONS
Now Online:
Portland’s 1924 Tax Records
In 1923, Portland voters approved a major restructuring
of city government. That included replacing an elected
mayor, twenty-seven-member Board of Councilors, and
nine-member Board of Aldermen with a five-member
City Council and appointed City Manager. The next year,
as part of this effort, the city conducted a comprehensive
tax reassessment that documented and photographed
every taxable property in the city. The 1924 tax records,
as they are known, were bound into 131 books
(numbered and arranged alphabetically by street name)
and kept in the Tax Assessor’s office in City Hall.
They have served as a valuable resource for homeowners,
planners, and other researchers ever since.
In 2009, a team of volunteers began scanning and
cataloging these records. The City of Portland, Maine
Historical Society, and Portland Public Library are
now collaborating on a project to make these records
accessible online. The goal is to make these irreplaceable
historical documents widely available to the public on
Maine Memory Network while preserving the fragile
original records. Each record contains the address of
the property, the (1924) owner, the use of the property,
an estimate of the building’s age, a description of its
condition, the number of tenants and rent charged, and
information about building materials and finishes. The
record for most properties also includes a photograph
of the building and a pencil sketch of its footprint. Some
records contain additional information, noting, for
example, that the owner was a war veteran or widow
of a war veteran (who were taxed at a lower rate).
About two thirds of the books have been scanned and
are currently available online.
In a few cases, the name of a street has been changed.
The historic name is listed as the primary address and the
current street name is included in “Note.” In other cases,
you may find a street that no longer exists—one
of Portland’s “Ghost Streets.” These are streets that
were eliminated by later redevelopment, including
construction of the Maine Turnpike (1940s), urban
renewal projects (1960s and 1970s), and construction of I-295 (1970s).
The 1924 tax records can be searched at www.mainememory.net./ptr. PDF files of each tax
record can be downloaded at no charge. Reproductions of images can be ordered for a fee
through MHS’s Image Services Department.
Scott Hanson
Architectural Historian with Sutherland Conservation & Consulting
Kathy Amoroso
Director of Digital Projects, MHS
Th a n k s t o t he fo llo wi ng fun ders o f this proj ect: D a vis Fa mily F ound at ion, M aine His t oric
P r es e rv a t i on Co mmi ssi o n, Main e Historica l Society, P ortla n d P ubl ic Library , E l eanor K oh n
Fu nd , SMRT , J. B. Br o wn & S o ns, E a st B row n C ow Ma n a g ement, I nc., P ort p rop ert y
M an Ag e m e n t , Je r e my Mo se r a n d la u ra Kittle, Cra n da ll T ootha ker, S cot t Bens on
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1924 Tax record of 227 Danforth Street, Portland, ME.
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STA F F SPOTLIGHT
A W eek in the L i f e o f the MHS E ducation C oordinator:
OCTOBER 2012
Bridget McCormick became our Education
Coordinator in 2010. She is energetic, respected for her
creativity, and beloved by the teachers and students.
She typifies MHS staff in general: she accomplishes a
great deal with limited resources. Knowing that she is
constantly running and always up to something
interesting, we asked Bridget to share what a typical
week looks like in her world.
Ma i ne i n th e Ci v i l W ar
The state of Maine holds a special place
in the history of the American Civil War.
To recognize and celebrate the role of
Mainers on the battlefield and on the
home front, Maine Historical Society
(MHS) and Maine Humanities Council
I check in with the Wadsworth-Longfellow House first
thing every week. Since I manage the staffing of the
house (and the training of our many wonderful house guides) I double-check our scheduled
groups for the week to make sure we have adequate coverage for their tours. With other
staff I keep a close eye on the house—to monitor its climate and condition, to make sure it
hasn’t sustained storm damage, and to consider visitor experience and visitor impact on the
house.
(MHC) are collaborating on a major
three-year project funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
Local & Legendary will bring together 10
local project teams (comprised of
historical organizations, libraries, and
My schedule changes and evolves with the season. This October, I have been working with a
team of staff members to update the holiday programming related to the Longfellow House.
I researched and drafted museum labels and a text panel for a lecture hall photography show,
exploring how the advent of electricity changed winter holiday experiences in Maine. I also
began gathering information for the holiday interpretation of the House.
educational institutions) to explore their
community’s Civil War history. A $2,000
grant to each community will support a
variety of activities including digitizing
historical collections, creating online
The first session of the popular museum-school partnership program Local History/Local
Schools, based on our current exhibit, Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine, has
commenced for the year. Over the summer I developed a curriculum and aligned the lessons,
activities, and student project ideas with Maine Learning Results. I spent three mornings this
week at Lyseth School in North Deering conducting pre-visit lessons for participating third
grade classes. We experimented with static electricity, acted out how electrons behave in
atoms and in an electric current, and got ready for the students to visit our exhibit. Their
work will continue into December when the exhibits they create will be displayed in our
gallery and celebrated at a formal opening and evening celebration.
MHS education programs also support academic programs at nearby colleges. Southern
Maine Community College history students came to tour the house in the evening that
happened to coincide with the recent 4.5-on-the-Richter Scale Maine earthquake! Later in the
week, Museum Curator John Mayer and I spoke with a class from USM’s American and New
England Studies Graduate Program about museums and their role in public culture.
Bridget McCormick
Education Coordinator
exhibits on Maine Memory Network
(www.mainememory.net), and hosting a
series of “One Story, One Community”
programs. Substantial training and
resources will be provided to the
participating teams. A one-day public
symposium at USM’s Hannaford Hall
formally kicks off the project on April 27,
2013.
The application process for the first five
communities opens on January 1, 2013,
with a deadline of March 1, 2013. Five
additional communities will be selected in
2014.
Visit www.mainememory.net/cwgrants
for program details and application
h Bridget McCormick visits
with walking tour guide Doug
Johnson during the 2012
volunteer picnic.
f Bridget McCormick
shows the S. Morgan Smith
Turbine and General Electric
Generator to students from
Harrison Lyseth School during
their visit to MHS’s museum
exhibit, part of the Local
History/Local Schools program.
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materials, or contact Larissa Vigue Picard
at [email protected] for more
information.
We Are What We Ate:
PROGRAMS
A Maine Historical Society Reading
and Discussion Program
Facilitator: Larissa Vigue Picard
Join us this January through May for our fourth annual MHS
Sampler of the
Twombly family
genealogy sewn
by Mary Ann, age
12, daughter of
Ephraim and
Abigail Twombly
of Portland in
1817.
reading group. This year we explore a topic that resonates across
humanity, inspiring great passion and wide-ranging opinion—
food! In non-fiction and fiction, we’ll examine how the food that
has been envisioned, produced, sold, cooked, and eaten in the
past—whether by desire, tradition, deprivation, or other forces
beyond one’s control—has influenced numerous aspects of life.
In addition to a wide variety of short readings and excerpts,
which will be provided as handouts to participants, books include
Fun da menta ls o f Gen ea lo gy :
Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton, 97 Orchard by Jane
A Half-Day Workshop
Ziegelman, Something from the Oven by Laura Shapiro, and The
March 16, 2013, 9AM-12:30PM
Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner.
Discussion dates are January 22, February 26, March 26, April
23, May 28; time is 6:30PM. Registration is required by Friday,
January 11. Participation is limited and the group has traditionally
filled up quickly. Fee: $20 for MHS members; $25 for nonmembers. (Books will not be available through the MHS store.
Participants must supply these on their own.) For more information
and a registration form, please visit www.mainehistory.org/
programs_events. Or call Larissa at 207-774-1822 x215.
Have you been doing genealogy, but need a tutorial about the best
online resources? Do you want to start doing genealogy, but don’t
know how and where to begin? Join us for a half-day workshop
designed to provide you with multiple resources and hands-on
instruction in researching your ancestry. MHS staff members Kathy
Amoroso and Jamie Kingman Rice will share best practices when it
comes to doing genealogy and then review a number of online
resources and how to use them. Following their presentations, Jean
Maguire, Library Manager for the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, will take participants on an insider’s journey
into AmericanAncestors.org. This online resource has more than
3,000 digitized collections and more than 135 million records covering
New England, New York, and other areas of family research dating
back to 1620. Jean’s portion of the workshop will offer strategies for
maximizing your search experience and cover tips and techniques for
navigation. This workshop will provide something for everyone—
whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or longtime genealogist.
Morning refreshments provided. Registration required.
Cost: $25/MHS members; $35/non-members.
Please call 207-774-1822 to register. Space is limited to 25.
Celebrate the Season with MHS!
N ov em b er 23 – D ec em b er 31
This year’s festivities feature two exhibits, In a Whole New Light in the lecture
hall, and Indoor Amusements: Games and Toys from our Collections in the
Longfellow House; Museum Shoppers Day; special holiday tours of the
Longfellow House; and the MHS Members Holiday Party.
F o r a c o m p le t e s ch e d u le o f e v e n t s vi si t w w w . m ai n e h i s t o ry.o rg/ ho l i days.s htm l.
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Contributing partners
C o n t r ibu t ing Pa r tner:
West Quoddy
Head Light Keepers
Association
Living at the Lighthouse
As the children of a 4th-generation
lighthouse keeper, it would not have
seemed unusual for Carolyn, Dorothy,
and Howard Jr. “Bobby” Gray to grow
up at the West Quoddy Head Light
Station. Their father, Howard “Bob”
Gray Sr., served and lived at West
Quoddy from 1934 to 1952 with his
wife Sarah “Sadie” Gray and the three
children.
Bob Gray was twenty-nine when he joined
the Lighthouse Service at Boon Island (off
of York, ME). When offered an assistant’s job at
West Quoddy in 1934 he leapt at the chance.
The family was lucky—the light station was
located on the mainland just five miles from the
village of Lubec and a few miles from the local
school. That meant that the children could live at
home year round. In contrast, offshore stations
didn’t have schools and were often considered too
dangerous for families.
The first West Quoddy lighthouse was built in
1808. The current tower, known for its red and
white stripes, was built in 1857. Sperm whale
oil powered the first light at the station. The
station switched to lard oil in the 1860s, then to
kerosene in the 1880s, and finally to electricity in
1932.
The tower is 49 feet high and its light is visible
for 15 to 18 miles—an impressively visible home
for three small children!
FOU N DE D: The little local non-profit West Quoddy Head
Light Keepers Association was initiated by the Lubec Medical
Center in 1991. Eventually independent, the group worked
closely with the Bureau of Parks and Lands for renovation of
the keepers’ house. After signing an agreement with the State
on April 2, 2002, the museum opened for its first season
in about seven weeks. The association hosts an average of
nearly 20,000 visitors annually. Guests from 96 nations and
territories have signed in.
Memb e r sh ip : To join, visit the West Quoddy Head
Light Keepers Association website: www.westquoddy.com/
wq_membership.htm
The Visitor Center’s operation and maintenance depends
solely on donations from the general public and visitors,
memberships, sales of lighthouse memorabilia at local gift
shops and donations from local artists, whose work is
exhibited in the Visitor Center Art Gallery.
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h Sarah “Sadie” Gray, wife of the lighthouse
keeper, is shown entering the kitchen door of the
keeper’s house on Aug. 16, 1948. The kitchen of the
house, which is now a museum, exhibits many family
snapshots alongside a 180-year list of keepers from
1808 on.
In 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard absorbed the U.S.
Lighthouse Service. Gray changed uniforms but
not much else. Appointed head keeper in 1940,
Gray moved his family from the west to the
east half of the duplex, closer to the sea and the
easternmost point of the U.S.A.
Injury from a fall in 1952 accelerated his
retirement at the age 49. Gray last returned to
West Quoddy in 1988 to attend the ceremony
marking the automation of the light. The State
of Maine now owns the buildings and land. The
beacon continues to operate under Coast Guard
h Howard R. “Bob” Gray (1903-1994) is shown
care, but without the characters of the Gray
exiting from the cellar of the keeper’s house in
family.
about 1945.
$ Howard “Bobby” Gray Jr., born in 1932, grew
Ron Pesha
WQHLKA Vice President
Lo cat io n: The museum is located in the former keeper’s
home, adjacent to the lighthouse, at 973 South Lubec Road,
Lubec, ME 04652
VISIT : Admission to the Visitor Center and Museum is free.
Memorial Day-July 4 – daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
July 4th to Labor Day – daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Labor Day to mid-October ¬– daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Handicap Parking Available. Wheelchair accessible.
CONTACT:Telephone: 207-733-2180
Website: http://www.westquoddy.com
E-mail: [email protected]
All images from the West Quoddy Light
Keepers Association, courtesy OF Pam Grindle.
up at the West Quoddy Head Light Station, where
his father worked from 1934-1952. Gray is shown
at the ice-covered cliffs below the lighthouse in
about 1938.
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Library Snapshot Day
On October 17, 2012, MHS participated in Library Snapshot Day,
an effort spearheaded by the American Library Association and the
Maine State Library to document usage of libraries across the state.
The day saw twenty-one patrons visiting the library. One patron
traveled from DC to use our collections and another came from New
York. Four patrons used the computers, three volunteers worked in
the library, and our staff received twenty-seven research questions.
Comments heard around the library that day: “the past informs the
future…” and “a great hands-on resource.”
For more information about Library snapshot Day, visit
www.maine.gov/msl/snapshot.
# The John Marshall and Alida Carroll Brown Research Library.
Photo by Brian Vanden Brink.
f
Ian Saxine, a graduate student of Northwestern, works in the Brown Library.
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m a i n e MEMORY NETWORK
S
tudy and Education:
The Woman’s Literary Union
Ten Portland women’s groups joined forces in May 1889 to form what they believed was
a unique federation: the Woman’s Literary Union. They used “literary” to mean anything
“relating to universal humanity.” The clubs joined “to secure union and concert of action
… on such occasions and in such matters as are of common interest.” Those common
interests included self-improvement and self-education, but also stretched to civic
engagement and influence.
Each club chose a focus of study: Roman history, Chaucer, Spence, Sophocles, Milton,
and Shakespeare’s history plays. American history, social problems, Guizot’s History of
France, current events, evolution, decoration of China, and Maine. The Union as a whole
gathered to hear papers that members researched, wrote, and delivered. They also heard
from speakers of note.
Mrs. Eunice Nichols Frye (1852-1923) provided the inspiration. She believed women
needed intellectual stimulation and that the federation would help ensure that goal. Some
of the charter clubs were more than a decade old when the union began. The Ladies’
History Club was organized in 1874 and the Monday Club in 1877.
In the years after the Civil War, American women, perhaps sensing an era of new
opportunity, formed numerous clubs and organizations. Some were charitable, seeking
to aid orphans, widows, the aged, or the poor. Others promoted temperance. Many, like
those in Portland, focused on self-improvement or self-education.
The benefits, though, most likely stretched far beyond the topics they studied. In 1899, on
the union’s tenth anniversary, the club historian wrote, “We pause to speak of one thing
we have accomplished. We have discovered that a woman with an earnest word to say,
can say it, clearly and concisely upon her feet before a large audience, and often with a
sprinkling of the sterner sex, without embarrassment.” In an era before many women had
careers or access to civic life, speaking comfortably and authoritatively in public was a
significant accomplishment.
h The WLU held a fair in 1915 called “Groote Winkel,” Dutch for “great store,” to raise funds to build
an auditorium and renovate a house on Spring Street
for the group’s headquarters.
g The WLU first used the gavel made from the old
oak doorsill of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House at
its inaugural meeting in the fall of 1903. The Maine
Historical Society gave the gavel to the WLU in thanks
for the group’s work as volunteer docents at the house.
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Historian Karen Blair, in a 1980
study, concluded that women’s clubs
served as a training ground for
entrance into civic life. In the clubs,
women learned (and loved)
parliamentary procedure, public
speaking, and practiced skills such
as fund-raising, organization, and
written presentations. They learned
that like-minded groups of women
could wield power. The confidence
they gained helped women lead
groups and move more fully into civic
and public arenas.
In the early 20th century, many
middle class and elite women moved
away from groups like literary clubs,
and became interested in what has
been called “municipal housekeeping.” Denied the vote until 1920
and often excluded from professional
outlets, these women formed organizations that took on problems such as
clean water, immigrant education, child
labor, and other social issues.
h Members of the Woman’s Literary Union,
dressed in costumes from the club’s earlier days,
perform an 85th anniversary play in 1974.
Other clubs, like the WLU, remained more “literary” and study oriented, although rarely
without civic projects and concerns. In 1901, for instance, the WLU and other Portland
women’s patriotic and charitable organizations helped the Maine Historical Society raise
funds to operate the Wadsworth-Longfellow House as a museum and to build a
permanent home for the Society.
Two of the groups—the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Woman’s Literary Union—served as docents at the WadsworthLongfellow House. On August 3, 1903, MHS Librarian Nathan Goold, who supervised
the docents, presented the WLU with a gavel made from an oak doorsill that had been
replaced at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
In 1915, the WLU took on its own fund drive. George C. Frye gave the group two
properties on Spring Street. They held numerous fund-raising events and built a clubhouse
and a large auditorium known as Frye Hall on the site. By then the WLU boasted 800
members.
The WLU took on a number of civic activities as well. Education was among the group’s
top interests. In 1894, they tried to get Abby A. Jones of the Travelers’ Club appointed to
the Portland School Board for District 2. They were unsuccessful, but later members did
serve on the board. In 1896, they appointed a committee to begin raising funds to provide
art to public schools. Later, they lobbied for home economics classes in schools and
funded scholarships for high school students.
k Eunice Nichols Frye, who was
active in a number of organizations
and causes in Portland, was the
founder of the Woman’s Literary
Union in 1889 and the
inspiration for the first-in-the-nation
state federation of women’s clubs.
During its first three decades, the WLU was crucial for
many middle class and elite women in Portland. As
women’s roles and opportunities changed, the WLU
continued to operate as a literary and study group,
adapting its activities and classes to changing interests
and needs. In 2011, the group donated a collection
of its records to the Maine Historical Society, to be
housed in the building the group helped build more
than a hundred years earlier.
Candace Kanes
Maine Memory Network Curator
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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012
Maine Historical Society
A nnual r e port o f DONORS 2011- 2012
We take this opportunity each year to acknowledge you, our contributors, for your generous support of our work and our mission. Your investment in
the MHS Annual Fund assures the continued excellence of our programs, exhibitions, lectures, publications, research services, and internet resources—
all the things that make MHS a unique and valuable institution. Together we raised $241,226 from 544 donors for the 2011-2012 Annual Fund
and almost as much in honor of Richard D’Abate and his legacy at MHS. Thank you. Together we do great things.
The following gifts represent cumulative unrestricted gifts received for the Annual Fund from 10/1/2011 through 9/30/2012.
1822 Founders Council
The 1822 Founders Council recognizes our
supporters who provide leadership support
at the level of $1,000 and up. These
generous donors understand the profound
effect their gifts have on our programming
and facilities. Their contributions and
participation strengthen every aspect of MHS
and help us dream bigger. We deeply
appreciate their friendship and all that they
do on our behalf.
Carl and Ellie Chatto, Jeff and Carol Miller, Lendall Smith and Nancy Herter
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
WADSWORTH PATRONS
Diana B. Bean
Linda Bean
P.D. Merrill Charitable Trust
The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
Cornelia Greaves Bates
Edward S. and Cornelia Greaves Fund
of the Maine Community Foundation
L.L. Bean
Philip and Sheila Jordan
Zareen Taj Mirza
Margaret and Mason Morfit
Deborah S. Reed
Frederic and Quinby Thompson
Maine Heritage Fund of the Maine
Community Foundation
Nick and Lisa Witte
(Gifts of $10,000 or more)
LONGFELLOW BENEFACTORS
Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Ames
Brooks Family Foundation
Preston R. Miller Jr. and Carol Smith Miller
Katherine Stoddard Pope and
Christopher M. Harte
The Spicewood Fund of the Maine
Cornelia Robinson
The John M. Robinson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Holmes and Didi Stockly
Stockly Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Paul and Peggy Wescott
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BAXTER PARTNERS
Mrs. Jean L. Andrews
The Estate of Sandra S. Armentrout
Mr. Richard E. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaRoss
Carl and Eleanor Chatto
Mr. and Mrs. David Cimino
Madeleine G. Corson
Richard and Bonnie D’Abate
Walter Goodwin Davis Trust
Christopher T. Emmet
Jean and John Gulliver
Bruce W. Hazelton
Mr. Sumner G. Hunnewell
Patrick T. and Christina Jackson
William Sloane Jelin Foundation
Mr. Thomas Klingenstein
Harry W. Konkel
Sam and Nancy Ladd
Jeff and Penny Leman
The Libra Foundation
Catherine M. Marden, in memory of
Eve Hamblen Moses Crumpton
Peter and Eve McPheeters
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Merrill
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln J. Merrill Jr.
GG Monks Foundation
Jane S. Moody
Eldon and Dianne Morrison
Marta Morse
Ann and Ted Noyes
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Oldham
Harriet and Steven Passerman
Patriot Insurance
Mr. Robert L. Raley
Patricia B. Rice
A component fund of the Maine
Neil Rolde
Hannah Russell
Ms. Evelyn S. Sawyer
Mrs. Frederic Schaefer
Lendall L. Smith and Nancy Herter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Spidell
Mr. Charles V. Stanhope
Henry and Ingrid Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Jotham A. Trafton
Mr. Lee D. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wheeler III
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II
Mr. and Mrs. David Willcox
Wing-Benjamin Trust Fund
ADVISORS
(Gifts of $500 or more)
Anonymous
Ms. Elizabeth K. Astor
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood E. Bain
Eric S. Baxter and Lawrence N. Leeman
Roger Berle
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bradford
James and Alison Brown
Martin E. Bunker
Ann James Buxton
Robert and Elizabeth Carroll
Marie Harris Clarke
Josephine H. Detmer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. H. Dodge
Priscilla and Dale Doucette
Alan B. and Janet B. Douglass
Harland H. Eastman
George and Eileen Gillespie
Roger and Betty Gilmore
Marie and Joseph E. Gray Jr.
Philip M. Harmon
Joan S. Hayden
Merton G. Henry
Alison Hildreth
Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Horton
Anne S. Howells Charitable Trust
John and Mary Jo Keffer
Mr. David Lakari
Messler Family Foundation
Jim Millinger
Katie Murphy and Peter Lindsay
Carolyn B. Murray
Mary P. and Kenneth M. Nelson
Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance
Victoria S. Poole
James G. Sargent
Meredith S. S. Smith
SMRT
Mr. Franklin Talbot
The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Tarbox Jr.
Mrs. Elsie P. Viles
Dorothy and Fred Walker
Alice and Bradford Wellman
INVESTOR s
Rev. Donald L. McAllister
Vincent and Nancy McKusick
Mary and George McNeil
Anthony and Barbara Miller
Ms. Susan P. Millinger, in memory of Carrie Spaulding
Mr. Christopher P. Monkhouse, in honor
of Richard D’Abate
James and Marjorie Moody
Risa and Richard Moon
Mr. and Mrs. John Moore
Capt. Tom Morse
Mr. Norman R. Moulton
Melissa L. Moyer and David H. Moyer
Elizabeth O. Nash
Jane V. Nelson
Leonard and Merle Nelson
Nicholas Noyes and Margaret Hourigan
Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Noyes
Jane and Richard Nylander
Mr. and Mrs. John C. O’Brien
Martha O’Brien
Murrough O’Brien and Johanna Hart
Order of First Families of Maine
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Osher
Janice Parkinson-Tucker
Burton and Barbara Pease
Judith Percival
Dr. and Mrs. David S. Perloff
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Pierce
Mr. Thomas M. Pierce
William W. Poole
Mr. Roger A. Putnam
Sally W. Rand
Edward and Karen Rea
Ted and Lynn Reese
Lisa Rey
Mr. Todd A. Richardson
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh P. Robinson
Mary R. Saltonstall and John Hanson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Santomenna
Eleanor Conant Saunders
Barbara and Alden Sawyer
Harrison and Jane Sawyer
Robert Scamman
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Schenkel
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmont M. Schwind Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. Scribner
Ms. Patricia Shapazian
Karan Sheldon
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
Carolyn W. Slayman
Mr. Francis M. Small Jr.
Mr. Howard P. Smith
Mary Minor Smith
Kenneth S. Spirer and Joan S. Leitzer
John H. and Barbara Staples
Mr. Alan Stearns
Robert and Roberta Steele
Ms. Sandra Stevens
Deborah Tillman Stone and Mark Stone
Mrs. Waldo P. Strahan
Ms. Karen Stram
Lynda L. Sudlow
Judith and Peter Sullivan
Arthur and Edith Sweeney
Ms. Kristin G. Sweeney
Philip Thompson
William and Pamela Torrey
Betty Umbel
Unitil
Bonnie L. Vance
Charles Verrill
Verrill Dana
Mr. Dyer S. Wadsworth, in honor of Richard D’Abate
Oliver and Ellen Wadsworth
Ms. Emily Walsek
Dr. Carol Ward and Dr. Charles
de Sieyes
William L. Warren
Barbara B. Washburn
Ms. Jane C. Wellehan
Donald W. Westfall
Peter and Judy Weston
Carolyn C. Wheatley
Florence and Ian White
Seth and Barbara White
Ms. Jean T. Wilkinson
Fred and Trudy Winne
Ms. Ann M. Worster
Conrad E. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Zelman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Zilkha
F RIEND s
(Up to $99)
Anonymous (5)
Ms. Alice L. Abbott
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Addor
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey K. Alexander
Mr. Lawrence C. Allin
Ms. Phyllis Anderson
Mr. Richard Anderson
Richard Angell
Newell A. Augur
Jim Barr and Kirsten Thomsen
William and Debra Barry
Mr. Elliott G. Barske
Mrs. Katharine M. Bassett
Mr. Richard N. Bedard
Michael and Nancy Beebe
Mr. and Mrs. Andre Benoit
Robert and Marta Bent
Nancy M. Berges
Bruce Berry
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bird
Betty K. Bois
Victoria and Erno Bonebakker
Dr. Everett Bowie
Mr. Warren W. Brayley
Deborah and George* Brett
Carol and Jim Briggs
Franklin Brooks
Gail L. Burnett
Lorrayne Carroll
Peter Carroll
Paula Carrow
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Carter
Richard and Colleen Condon
Judith Connolly
Marie K. Connolly
Michael Connolly and Becky Hitchcock
Zeno and Joan Corbin
Priscilla Dee Cordeiro
Philip E. Coyle III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Crafford
Ann Cushman
Frank Day
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dennison
Mr. and Mrs. John R. DeSotto, in honor of Donald J. King
Mr. Erich G. Dietz
John Dinan
Blake and Alethe Donaldson
Anne T. Dunne
Mr. and Mrs. David Ehrman
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Ellis
Suzanne B. Ewing
Roy Fairfield
Chester A. Files Jr.
Mark and Norma Filler
Ms. Roberta Anne FitzGerald
Adele and Ruth Floyd
Hubert A. (Rudy) Fougere
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fox Jr.
Mrs. Nancy L. Gallagher
Mike and Caryl Giggey
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Gillies
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Givertz
Mrs. May Glaser
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T hank you to our donor s
Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Brown
Mary Z. Bryant
Charles E. Burden
Meredith Strang Burgess
Sarah Adams, in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Burroughs
Clayton R. Adams
Joyce Butler
Paul and Mimi Aldrich
Sue Cabot
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Amory
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Camp Sr.
Michael and Melissa Bourque
Carol Campbell
Mr.* and Mrs. Fletcher Brown
Janet and Tom Carper
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. Buck Jr.
Robert and Dessa Cassens
Ms. Margot P. Close
Donna Cassidy and Michael Lawrenson
Mr. Francis G. Coleman
Linda Cronkhite and Ashton Johnson John and Roberta Chandler
Suzanne D. Clark
Capt. John R. Crumpton Jr., in Caroline Cobb
memory of Eve Crumpton
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Collins
Margaret and Dick Curran
Joseph Conforti
Mrs. Richard D. Cushman
Nancy E. Crowell
Mildred Drees
Mr. and Mrs. John E. D’Anieri
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, Carol M. deBerry
NSDAR
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph P. Dominic Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Foley
Josiah H. Drummond Jr. and Joanna P. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gilbane
Drummond
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Grimes
Elizabeth and Ormerod Duckworth
Collier Hands
Betty and Ira Dyer
George and Cheryl Higgins
Mr. Thomas S. Emerson
Mr. Charles L. Hildreth Jr.
Ms. Sheri Emley-Poftak
Elizabeth Hoglund
Estabrook’s
Mr. D. Brock Hornby
Gay Fawcett
James D. Julia
Jacqueline Field and James Roberts
Dr. and Mrs. Brian M. Jumper
James Flynn
Deborah Keefe and John Sedgewick
Eleanor Ford
Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein
Beverly Forsyth
Candice Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton M. Foss
Lee Auto Malls
The Foss Company
Marian L. McCue
Augustin F. and Margaret B. Frey Jr.
Mr. George McEvoy, in honor of Elizabeth Pierce Fuchs
Richard D’Abate
Mr. James P. Garland and Ms. Carol J. Ms. Sarah S. Meacham
Andreae
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nicholson
Ms. Helen Ginder
Mr. Chris Pachios
Sally Richardson and David Waite, in David Gold
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Golden
honor of Jamie Kingman Rice
Leon and Lisa Gorman
Andrew and Nina Roth-Wells
Rosanne and Steve Graef
Jeffrey and Donna Ryan
Bob Greene
Lucy Sallick
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Griswold
Ms. Nancy K. Simpkins
Judith A. Hakola
John M. Slavin and Deborah Weare Steve and Judy Halpert
Slavin
Linda M. Hanscom
Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague
Meredith Harding
Eugene and Ruth Story
Ms. Edith L. Hary
Judith Toohey
Charlotte P. Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. John van Parker
Wendy and Bruce Hazard
Mrs. Ann Staples Waldron
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Heisler
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb P. Hemphill
Wetherell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Hennessey
Lea and Nancy Wilds
Ms. Barbara L. Crowell Hennig
Donald F. Winslow
Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Hertz
Anne Eliot Hiatt
SUPPORTER
Barbara and Chris Hoppin
Mrs. Bett Houston
Stanley R. Howe
Anonymous (6)
Dr. H. Draper Hunt
Jonathan and Nancy Aldrich
Holly Hurd-Forsyth and Eric Eaton
Diana and Tom Allen
Mrs. Barbara A. Ives
Roger Allen
Mr. Andrew M. Jergens
Mrs. George H. Anderson
Richard and Patricia Kahn
Mrs. Frederick P. Andrews
Grace W. King
Sara Archbald and Bill Crochetiere
John and Carol Knowlton
Robert H. Babcock
Phillip N. and Margarete H. Kupelian
Ellen M. Bailey, in memory of
Charles A. Lane
Roger C. Bailey
Andrew P. Langlois
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bancroft
William T. and Catherine M. Lawrence
Karen Bartholomew
Sandra Leonard
Mr. Daniel W. Bates
Newt and Arleyn Levee
Judy F. Benoit
Mary and Howard Lowell
Richard Berne and Susan Schraft
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Lynn
Mrs. Kathleen Bernstein
Nancy MacKnight
Peter and Connie Bingham
Anthony Mancini Inc.
Arthur and Elaine Boatin
George L. Martin
Jill Bock and Peter Monro
Wiliam Martineau
David and Elizabeth Bradley
Nancy N. Masterton
Daniel and Gayle Brazeau
John and Debora Mayer
Steve and Jackie Bromage
Mrs. Muriel M. Goodspeed
Jim Gordon
Mrs. Alice C. Grady
Katie Graichen
Elizabeth Grant
Eben W. Graves
Robert A. Haack and Sheridan Kidd Haack
Mary Ann Habib
Myron Hager
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Hall
Mrs. Maria Benoit Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. David Harmon
Mr. John H. Harms
Ms. Sarah Harrell
Bridget and Michael Healy
Mr. John G. Hewey
Ms. Barbara D. Hill
George J. Hillman
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Hills Jr.
Georgia Howe
Marcia Howell
Alice P. Hunneman
Mrs. Holly H. Ihloff
Mr. Richard B. Innes
Ms. Mary Jessup, in honor of Stella and Ruby Lynch
Ms. Mary Johnson
Mr. James L. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Judd
Larry and Wendy Kane
Charles Kaufmann
Mr. John M. Kauffmann
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Kellogg
Donald J. King
CDR and Mrs. Harry W. Kinsley Jr., USN (Ret.)
Jonas Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krasker
Dr. Robert E. Krug and Ms. Aurelia C. Scott
J. William Laliberte
Ed and Nancy Langbein
Rev. Vincent A. Lapomarda
Dr. and Mrs. F. Stephen Larned
James and Therese LaRose
Robert and Jane Laughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Leach
James S. Leamon
Paul Lewandowski and Mary Zwolinski
Richard D. and Audrey M. Lewis
Kermit Lipez and Nancy Ziegler
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Little
Martha Littlefield
Beatrice Lord
Bonnie Lounsbury
Ms. Elizabeth Dow Lown
Mr. and Mrs. William Lund
Kimberly A. MacIsaac
Drs. James and Sandra MacMahon
Bevalie Marean
Clarabel H. Marstaller
Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Martin
Mrs. Ralf Martin
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Mrs. Bronwyn K. Mason
Robert B. Mayall
Douglas Mayo
Ms. Margaretmary McCann
Ms. Bridget McCormick
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McCormick
Martha McNamara and James
Bordewick
Richard and Barbara Merrill
Ms. Daphne Meyer
Dr. Faith J. Meyer
Ms. Elizabeth J. Miller
Mrs. Philip G. Moon
Jessica Moore
Richard and Eleanor Morrell
Mr. David Moulton
Ms. Sandra G. Munsey
Mrs. Gertrude L. Notman
Mr. Anthony Oertel
George B. Oliver
Susan Ott
Harold Pachios
Leonard Passano and Elizabeth Howe
Richard Payson
Larissa Vigue Picard and Curtis Picard
Ms. Frances B. Pinney
Harriet H. Price, in honor of
Richard D’Abate
Mary Ann Prugh
Jo Radner
Mrs. Colleen G. Reed
Victoria Reed
Jamie Kingman Rice
Janet E. Roberts
Col. Joseph J. Rogers
Ms. Susan A. Rogers
Janet Ross
Eileen and Ted Rowland
Ms. Merrylyn Sawyer
Charles A. Scontras
Mr. Calvin F. Senning
Mrs. Charlotte M. Sinnett
Mr. and Mrs. William Slavick
Mary-Leigh C. Smart
Wilbur P. Spencer Jr.
Elaine M. Spiller
Evan and Melissa Spoerl
Nancy F. Spooner
Mr. Edward A. Sprague
Carole Spruce
Ms. Rebecca H. Stanley
Roslyn Strong
Mr. Herb Taylor
Bob and Martha Timothy
Virginia W. Truesdale
Mr. and Mrs. W. Davis Van Winkle
Stanley E. Walker
Julia and Robert Walkling
David and Diana Warren
Ms. Laura M. Webb
John R. Webster
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Welch
Karen Wetherell
Annie Williams
Dr. A. C. Wright
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Harry Sawyer and Fred Thompson, photo by Rene Minnis
Noni Ames, Richard D’Abate, Priscilla Doucette, Debbie Reed
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Steve Bromage and Jim Leamon at the 2012 Annual Meeting
# Acclaimed Maine author Monica Wood signs copies of When We Were The
Kennedys. The talk kicked off Maine Historical Society’s fall public program
series.
MEMBERSHIP
Thank you to all Maine Historical Society members for your generosity and
support. MHS values all our members; unfortunately (or fortunately) our
membership base is too large to list each individual in this publication.
The following members support our dynamic programming and operations
through additional dues of $100 and up.
ADVISORS
(Dues of $500 or more)
George and Cheryl Higgins
Mr. Robert L. Raley
Barbara M. Thompson
SUPPORTER s
F RIEND s
Anonymous
Glenna B. Adams
Mr. Burt Adelman
Mr. Jonathan Albrecht
Jonathan and Nancy Aldrich
Paul and Mimi Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Anderson
Ms. Louisa G. Anderson
Mr. William Andrews
Dr. Richard C. Gilman
Mary and Larry Glatz
Mr. Ron Goglia
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb
Ms. Emily Goodfellow
Leon and Lisa Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Gowdy
Andrew Graham and Anne Riesenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler V. Grant
Robert E. Grindle and James C. Clark
Mr. Philip N. Gross
Carole Severance Hadlock
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Hall
Steve and Judy Halpert
Mr. Randall Hammond
Evan Haynes and Judith Ziegler
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hazzard III
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Hennessey
Ms. Mary Herman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hicks
Mrs. Clement A. Hiebert
Woody and Susan Higgins
Mr. John R. Hilton
Dr. Christine Holden
Dr. Reed and Jean Holmes
William S. Holt MD
Mr. D. Brock Hornby
Mr. William R. Horner
Mrs. Bett Houston
Georgia Howe
Dr. H. Draper Hunt
Ms. Amy Cole Ives
Mrs. Lynne F. Jackson
Mrs. Muriel K. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jenness III
Mr. Andrew M. Jergens
The Jewish Funeral Home
Katharine and Jerry Johnston
Erik C. Jorgensen and Tamara Risser
Patrick and Janet Joyce
James D. Julia
Larry and Wendy Kane
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Katz
Mr. Deeb F. Keamy
Mrs. Alice Keddy
Sandra T. Knowles and William D. Willett
John and Carol Knowlton
Dr. Robert E. Krug and Ms. Aurelia C. Scott
Paul R. Lafavore MD
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. LaMontagne
Dr. David Langdon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lemieux
Sandra Leonard
Ms. Ophelia Lepore
Ms. Janice Lewis
Ms. Mary J. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Libby
Mr. James H. Long
A.K. Longfellow
Karin and George Look
David and Elaina Lowell
Mary and Howard Lowell
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacMahon
Rosalind and Chris Magnuson
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Manchester
Mr. and Mrs. F. William Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. Martin Jr.
Mort and Barbara Mather
Robert and Elva Mathiesen
Rev. Donald L. McAllister
Marian L. McCue
Stephen and Christine McDuffie
Mr. and Mrs. David B. McKane
Nina and Charles McKee
Sarah F. McMahon
Ms. Tonia N. Medd
Eve W. Melton
Ms. Cathleen Miller
Ms. Elizabeth H. Mills
Stephen Mohr and Tatyanna Seredin
James and Marjorie Moody
Mr. Blaine D. Moores
Mr. Linwood A. Morrell
Melissa L. Moyer and David H. Moyer
Mr. L. Taylor Mudge
Julie and James Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Murphy
Bruce D. Nelson
Leonard and Merle Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nelsen
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson
Mr. Ronald E. Newton
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols
Mrs. Roberta Niehaus
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Nowak
Murrough O’Brien and Johanna Hart
Peter Oddleifson and Kay Wallace
Burton and Barbara Pease
Mr. Robert W. Perkins
Ms. Brenda M. Perry
Dr. Stephen Perry
Mr. Edwin H. Pert
John and Rose Phinney
The Presumpscot Foundation
Harry and Anne Pringle
Dr. Jenny H. Pulsipher
Mr. Roger A. Putnam
Mr. Harvey J. Putterbaugh
Peter and Alice Rand
Sally W. Rand
Edward and Karen Rea
Ms. Patricia Davidson Reef
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Reid
Dr. Carla Rigby
Mr. James V. Righter
Ms. Dana Robbins
Mr. David P. Robinson
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh P. Robinson
Mr. James S. Robinson
Timothy and Maren Robinson
Mr. Robert P. Rodrigue
Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Rogers
Col. Joseph J. Rogers
Robert F. Rothschild
Andrew and Nina Roth-Wells
Mr. A. E. Runge Jr.
Barbara Saabye
Lucy Sallick
Jim and Cindy Sanborn
Eleanor Conant Saunders
% Marylee Dodge, Elizabeth
McLellan, Connie Robinson
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Anonymous
Diana and Tom Allen
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Amory
Mrs. Jean L. Andrews
Daniel and Gayle Brazeau
Capt. John R. Crumpton Jr., in memory of Eve Crumpton
Mrs. Richard D. Cushman
Charles W. Emerson
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Evans
Mr. Jon Fox
Mr. Wyatt Garfield
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gilbane
Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Gorham
Johann and Linda Gouws
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Grimes
William E. Hall Jr.
Collier Hands
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Haynes
Anne Eliot Hiatt
Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Hutchinson
Mr. A. Michael JacobsSr.
Deborah Keefe and John Sedgewick
Drs. Richard and Wendy Libby
Mr. Jeffrey A. Matthews
Kenneth McVicar
Ann and David H. Montgomery
Mrs. Shelton C. Noyes
Mr. Chris Pachios
Burton W. Pearl and Linda Elder
Ms. Catherine Share
John M. Slavin and Deborah Weare Slavin
Mary Minor Smith
Winthrop and Margaret Smith
Robert B. and Joanne P. Stewart
Eugene and Ruth Story
Nat P. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Kaja Veilleux
Denham Ward and Debra Lipscomb
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford
Wetherell Jr.
Ms. Rosemary R. Williston
Fred and Trudy Winne
Rachel and Thomas M. Armstrong
Mr. James E. Arsenault
Ellen Asherman, in memory of
Adrian Asherman
Mr. R. John Atkin
Robert H. Babcock
Robert Bahm and Jan Baker
Mrs. Peter C. Barnard
Karen Bartholomew
Scott L. Benson and M. Elizabeth Gallie
Marc N. Berlin and Edith A. Richardson
Mr. Robert W. Bermudes Jr.
Mrs. Ruth Bowman
Mr. D. Scott Bradish
Dr. Charles A. Brand
Mr. and Mrs. Maximilliaan J.
Brenninkmeyer
Ms. Marilyn Brinnick
Mrs. Charlotte F. Brown
Building Conservation Associates, Inc.
Charles E. Burden
Meredith Strang Burgess
Mrs. Polly B. Burke
Mr. H. Allen Burnham
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Burroughs
Carol Campbell
Janet and Tom Carper
Mr. Charles A. Carroll
Ms. Deborah G. Chandler
John and Roberta Chandler
Jean M. B. Chapman
Kathe and David Chipman
Ms. Cynthia D. Choate
Dr. James A. Christian
Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark
Suzanne D. Clark
Ms. Billie Clarke
Ms. Barbara S. Clifford
Ms. Judith P. Cole
Kenneth M. Cole III and Anne M. Ireland
Richard and Colleen Condon
Zeno and Joan Corbin
Ms. Christine Brooks Cote
Judith and Charles Danielson
Frank Day
Dwight B. Demeritt Jr.
Bill and Jean Dill
Mrs. Marsha Lee Douty
Dr. Kerry Drach and Ms. Neva Cram
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Driscoll
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dube
Ms. Jan Eakins and Mr. John Ferry
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Edney
Peter and Sally Enggass
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Epstein
Ms. Roberta Anne FitzGerald
David and Kaye Flanagan
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Foley
Eleanor Ford
Mr. Richard F. Foss
Mr. Michael R. Fournier
Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Fox
Augustin F. and Margaret B. Frey Jr.
Mrs. Martha C. Frink, in honor of
Richard D’Abate
Mr. and Mrs. James Fuchs
Ms. Sheila Gallagher
Cory Gardiner and Terrence M. Kungel
Christine K. George
Ted and Candy Gibbons
Susan and John Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Scamman
Ms. Elena Schmidt
Mr. John B. Schwartzman
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmont M. Schwind Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth Sesselberg
Ellen K. Shockro and John C. Shaw
Mrs. Ellen L. Simmons
Mrs. Charlotte M. Sinnett
John and Eileen Skinner
Carolyn W. Slayman
Mr. Henry R. Sleeper
Mr. Francis M. Small Jr.
Sarah L. O. Smith and James Nelson Kise
Dr. Mike Smith
Michael Percy and Susan Snider
Mr. and Mrs. John Sowles
James and Carol Springer
John H. and Barbara Staples
Robert and Roberta Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steenberge
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stoloski
Thomas and Elna Stone
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stoneham
Judith and Peter Sullivan
Arthur and Edith Sweeney
Mrs. Carol F. Sweet
John L. Swift
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Terhune
Mr. and Mrs. F. Mark Terison
Ms. Louise K. Thomas
Dorothea Mosley Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson
Judith Toohey
William and Pamela Torrey
Dain and Vera Trafton
Betty Umbel
Richard Veit III and Yolanda Theunissen
Charles Verrill
Mr. Adrian Wadsworth
Oliver and Ellen Wadsworth
Dorothy and Fred Walker
Monte and Anne Wallace
Ms. Emily Walsek
Bryan Weare and Naomi Rosen
Ted and Mary-Eliza Wengren
Ms. Katie H. Whitman
Calvin H. Whitney
Mr. Russ Wiggin
Dr. Nancy G. Wilds and Dr. Preston
L. Wilds
Mrs. Elizabeth O. Wiley
Dr. and Mrs. Norman E. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Woodbury
Roger F. Woodman Jr. and Carol
J. DeTine
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Zilkha
Ms. Anne B. Zill
Ms. Martha Zimicki
Debbie Reed holding up amount raised
for the D’Abate Fund. Photo by Rene
Minnis.
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The Richard D’Abate Endowment Fund For Scholarship
and Special Programs
Richard D’Abate retired in June of 2012 to pursue his many outside interests. He served as
Executive Director of MHS for more than 16 years—a significant period of growth and change
for the organization. Richard is widely credited with professionalizing the organization and
raising its profile to new heights. Under Richard’s leadership, MHS completed three capital
campaigns, which included the restoration of the Longfellow House and the expansion of the
Brown Library. The MHS operating budget tripled and its endowment doubled.
The Richard D’Abate Endowment Fund for Scholarship and Special Programs was established
in his honor by the Board of Trustees and the fundraising effort was led by a committee of
former trustee presidents. This endowed fund will play an important role in ensuring critical
financial underwriting for scholars-in-residence, special lectures, exhibits and other educational
events that will infuse our programs with unique scholarly and creative opportunities.
To date, $236, 945 has been raised. Thank you for your recognition of Richard and his
accomplishments through the generous support of this endowed fund.
F u n d r a is in g Co mmitte e :
Debbie Reed, Chair
Cornelia G. Bates
Josephine H. Detmer
Philip H. Jordan
Lincoln J. Merrill
Edward D. Noyes III
Donors
Anonymous
Kathy Amoroso
Mrs. George H. Anderson
Sara Archbald
Rachel and Thomas M. Armstrong
Spruce Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Mr. Richard E. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaRoss
Cornelia Greaves Bates
The Bennett Family, in memory of Stanley T. Bennett
Judy F. Benoit
William Bingham 2nd Betterment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Erno Bonebakker
Frederick R. Boyle
Leonard L. Brooks
Joyce and G. Robert Butler
Robert and Elizabeth Carroll
Jean M. B. Chapman
Carl and Eleanor Chatto
Joseph Conforti
Anthony Corrado
Madeleine G. Corson
CPB Foundation
Josephine H. Detmer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dewey
Suzanne B. Ewing
Sandi Goolden
Stanley R. Howe
Mrs. Barbara A. Ives
Patrick T. and Christina Jackson
Philip and Sheila Jordan
James D. Julia
Richard and Patricia Kahn
John and Mary Jo Keffer
Carol F. Kessler
Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Livesay
The Longfellow Garden Club
Nancy MacKnight
Catherine M. Marden
Mort and Barbara Mather
John and Debora Mayer
Ms. Bridget McCormick
Patriot Insurance
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Merrill
Dr. Faith J. Meyer, in memory of Edward B. Meyer
Bonnie and Richard D’Abate
Jim Millinger
Photo by Rene Minnis
Zareen Taj Mirza
Jane S. Moody
Mrs. Philip G. Moon
Margaret and Mason Morfit
Sumner E. Moulton MD
Ms. Cynthia J. Murphy
Carolyn B. Murray
Elizabeth O. Nash
Jane V. Nelson
Mary P. and Kenneth M. Nelson
Ann and Ted Noyes
Richard and Jane Nylander
A component fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Larney Otis
Larissa Vigue Picard and Curtis Picard
Victoria S. Poole
Katherine Stoddard Pope and Christopher M. Harte
Spicewood Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Deborah S. Reed
Jamie Kingman Rice
David Richards
Cornelia Robinson
John M. Robinson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Hannah Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Santomenna
Barbara and Alden Sawyer
Mrs. Frederic Schaefer
Dorothy and Elliott Schwartz
Charles A. Scontras
Geraldine Tidd Scott
Ms. Patricia Shapazian
Evan and Melissa Spoerl
Deborah Tillman Stone and Mark Stone
Mr. Franklin Talbot
Tewhey Associates
Frederic and Quinby Thompson
Maine Heritage Fund of the Maine Community
Foundation
Philip Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Jotham A. Trafton
James Tucker
David and Diana Warren
Mr. Lee D. Webb
Judith Wetzell and James J. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Wetherell Jr.
Maurice M. and Doris R. Whitten
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II
Lea and Nancy Wilds
Nick and Lisa Witte
Ms. Ann M. Worster
Conrad E. Wright
Children’s Gate
The much anticipated Children’s Gate in the Longfellow Garden was dedicated on June
2nd following the MHS Annual Meeting. Members and supporters stood with umbrellas
in hand and cheered as two 3rd grade students from the Lyseth School, Fiona Trusty and
Nathaniel Hanscom, snipped the thick red ribbon.
The gate was originally designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow to honor his
Uncle Henry’s famous affection for children. It was installed soon after the original library
opened in 1907 but was removed in the 1960s in dilapidated condition. To recreate the
Gate, Maine Historical Society embarked on a special fundraising campaign following the
library renovation and Longfellow Garden restoration. Thank you to the following donors
who made gifts in support of the Gate during this fiscal year.
F RIENDS O F THE
COLLECTIONS
Support for the museum and library
collections
Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramics
Ann and Ted Noyes
DESIGNATED GI F TS
Received for special projects
Mrs. Neal W. Allen Jr.
Neal W. Allen III
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Baxter
BHA Foundation Fund
William Bingham 2nd Betterment Fund
Ms. Barbara L. Crowell Hennig
Horizon Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Deborah Kendall
Preston R. Miller Jr. and Carol
Smith Miller
Zareen Taj Mirza
The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
Carolyn B. Murray
National Society of Colonial Dames in Maine
The Phineas W. Sprague Memorial Foundation
University of New England
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Watson
Peter and Judy Weston
MEMBERS HOLIDAY PARTY
CHILDREN ’ S GATE
SUPPORTERS
Mrs. Deborah L. Brett
Leonard L. Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Granville
Anne Eliot Hiatt
Alison Hildreth
Michelle and Michael Keegan
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Kellogg
Mr. David Lakari
Ms. Isabel McDevitt
Ms. Linda J. Murnik
Mrs. Victoria S. Poole
Ms. Kristin G. Sweeney
Ms. Norma E. Williams
g at e g i f t s I n H o n o r
of C aro l y n M u rra y
Ms. Alice L. Abbott
Mrs. Jane A. Amero
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bird
John and Mary Alice Bird
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cox
Eric and Donna Erikson
Ms. Judy Flaker
Ms. Marjorie Fosman
Ms. Carolyn M. Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haddad
Max and Sharon House
Mr. and Mrs. John Ingalls
Mr. and Mrs. Kimball Mason
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Masters
Ms. Carroll Metzger
Ms. Andrea Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Palmer Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Paterson
Mrs. Carol Payson
Mr. Mark Rockwood and Ms. Neila Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth T. Rundlett
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Vigue
Mrs. Rose B. Waterman
Special thanks to our Corporate Sponsor:
HeadInvest
EXHIBITION SUPPORT
The Iberdrola USA Foundation, Inc on behalf of Central Maine Power Company
Bailey Sign
Elsie A. Brown Fund
Casco Bay Engineering
Davis Family Foundation
Peter Macomber Photography
Central Maine Power
Earle W. Noyes & Sons
Maine Paint
Enel Green Power North America
Knickerbocker Group Inc.
Mr. Jonathan S. Lee
Machiah Center
Mrs. Elsie P. Viles
p ublic PROGRAM
SUPPORT
Maine Humanities Council
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust
LOCAL HISTORY / LOCAL
SCHOOLS
Museum Education in Public Schools Throughout Greater Portland
Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Foundation
People’s United Community
Foundation
Mattina R. Proctor Foundation
Prouts Neck Association
1 9 th CENTURY BASEBALL
e v e n t SPONSORS
Coldwell Banker
Dawson, Smith, Purvis and Bassett, P.A.
Investment Management and Consulting Group
Reliable Networks, LLC
MAINE JEWISH HISTORY
PROJECT
Preserving, Conserving and Interpreting the
Jewish Past of Maine
Beth Abraham Sisterhood
Morris J. and Betty Kaplun
Foundation, Inc.
Levey Foundation
Mr. Sidney Unobskey
1 9 2 4 CITY O F PORTLAND
TAX RECORDS PROJECT
Photos and Documentation of Portland’s
Taxable Properties
J.B. Brown and Sons
East Brown Cow Management, Inc.
Scott and Ms. Pamela Hawkes
Jeremy Moser and Laura Kittle
Port Property Management
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The Mad Hatter Affair: A Tribute to Richard D’Abate
On May 5, 2012, a record crowd assembled for Maine Historical Society’s Mad Hatter Affair at the Woodlands in Falmouth. The theme this year
was “Hats Off to Richard D’Abate” recognizing Richard for his 16 years of service as Executive Director. The event raised $60,000 to support our
public lectures and educational programs. Thank you to our Chair, Aynne Doil, for another rousing success and to our corporate sponsors listed
below for their meaningful support. Mark your calendars for next year’s event scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2013.
C orpo rate S up po r t
Harmon’s and Barton’s
H.M. Payson
Keller Williams Realty/The Hatcher Group
Knickerbocker Group
Maine Home and Design
Minott’s Flowers
Moet Hennessy
Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance
Sawyer & Company
Spinnaker Trust
Verrill Dana
P atro ns
Anonymous (2)
Charlton and Noni Ames
Elizabeth Astor
Bob BaRoss
Connie Greaves Bates and Buddy Bates
Richard and Bonnie D’Abate
Josephine H. Detmer
Aynne Doil
Priscilla B. Doucette
Harland H. Eastman
Alison and Horace Hildreth
Phil and Sheila Jordan
Harry W. Konkel
Chris and Susan Livesay
Elizabeth A. McLellan
Jeff and Carol Miller
Bob and Milly Monks
Margaret Crane Morfit
Carolyn Murray
Mary and Kenny Nelson
Ann and Ted Noyes
Katherine Pope and Chris Harte
Deborah S. Reed
Cornelia Robinson
Neil Rolde
Imelda A. Schaefer
John and Elizabeth Serrage
Robert and Kathleen Silver
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Mary-Leigh C. Smart
Meredith S. S. Smith
Charles V. Stanhope
Fred and Bibi Thompson
Sally Richardson Waite and
David S. Waite
Lee Webb
Nick and Lisa Witte
A d d it ion a l S u p p or t
Mr. Richard Anderson
Gorham Savings Bank
Merton G. Henry
Zareen Taj Mirza, in honor of her
parents: Dodie Detmer and
Humayun Mirza
Harriet and Steven Passerman
I n -k in d G if t s
AAA of Northern New England
Affinity Limousine
Charlton and Noni Ames
John and Sally Barrows
Jane Berger
Brad Betts
Blue Elephant Catering and Events
Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Cross Jewelers
Bonnie D’Abate
Aynne Doil
Downeast Duck Adventures
Duckfat
Charlie Eshbach
Portland Sea Dogs
Estabrook’s
David Geary
Geary’s
John Guptill
Chart Metalworks
Jeanne Handy
Jeanne Handy Designs
Megan Jones
Maine Sailing Adventures
Barbara and Mort Mather
Joshua’s Restaurant
Dan Kennedy
Harmon’s and Barton’s Florist
Sawyer & Company
Minott’s Flowers
Kathy Kingston Auction Group
Knickerbocker Group
Morgan Law
Longfellow Garden Club
Mad Horse Theatre
Maine Red Claws
Maine College of Art
Maine Foodie Tours
Buddy Marcum
Inn on Carleton
Elizabeth and David Margolis-Pineo
Marika Alisha Skin Care
Deborah Miller and Gerald Blodgett
Rene Minnis
Margaret Morfit
Susan Naber
New York Historical Society
L. Jean Noyes
Niboban Camps
Ogunquit Playhouse
Leslie Oster
Aurora Provisions
Tina Oddleifson and Tony Lawless
Pilgrim’s Inn
Katherine Pope and Chris Harte
Tim and Joan Porta
Black Point Inn
Migis Lodge
Scott Reischmann and
Michelle Thresher
Portland Schooner Company
Portland Sea Dogs
Portland Stage Company
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Queen of Hats
Ms. Victoria Reed
Residence Inn Portland Downtown/
Waterfront
Jamie Kingman Rice
Jonathan Rice and Sally Richardson Waite
Peter Scarpaci
Black Cow Photo Studio
Colin Schless
Segway Tours of Southern Maine
Arlin Smith
Hugo’s
Springer’s Jewelers
Tartans of Maine
Victoria Mansion
Nick and Lisa Witte
Zulu Nyala Group
Matthew D’Abate, Caroline D’Abate,
Leah D’Abate, and Guilherme Zavaschi.
Bonnie D’Abate, Noni Ames, Steve
Bromage, Fred Thompson, and Guests
at the Mad Hatter Affair.
Photos by Rene Minnis.
MATCHING GI F T
SUPPORTERS
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Drummond & Drummond, LLP
GE Foundation
IBM International Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
UNUM Matching Gifts Program
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
COLLECTIONS
Thank you to the following supporters for their
item donations.
Abbot Historical Society
Herbert C. Adams
Ms. Roberta M. Alden
Ms. Helen Dallas Andrews
Mr. David Astor*
Ms. Barbara R. Bailey
Mr. Thomas Bair
Mr. James Baird
Dr. Jack Ballard
Mr. Samuel Band
Mr. Elliott G. Barske
Bayville Village Corp., Centennial Com.
Richard and Vicky Bergman
The Honorable Don Binkowski
Mr. H. Paul Blaisdell*
Blue Hill Consolidated School
Mr. and Mrs. Erno Bonebakker
Ms. Glenda C. Booth
Boothbay Region Historical Society
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Ms. Hazel Brenerman
Brick Store Museum
Ms. Lisa Brooks
Ms. Carol W. Brown
Mr. Edwin B. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Brown
Mr. Norm Brunelle
Joyce and G. Robert Butler
Buxton-Hollis Historical Society
Ms. Janet H. Cameron
Mt. Carmel Cemetery Association
Ms. Katherine Carpenter
Mrs. Doris V. Chapman
Ms. Kim Clifford
Mr. Hubert F. Cobb
Ms. Doris Cook
Whitney Coombs and Nancy-Lee Coombs
Mr. Gerald Cope
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Craig
Crandall Public Library
Ms. Susan Cummings-Lawrence
Mr. Dan Dalrymple
Mr. Wayne Daniels
Ms. Rita Darickas Moore
Ms. Peg Davis
DCR Massachusetts Archives
Ms. Nina DeGraff
Department of Defense, Vets, and
Emergency Management
Ms. Kathleen Doherty
Priscilla and Dale Doucette
Mildred Drees
Mr. Vincent Dubay
Mr. Russell DuPree
Mr. Robert Dyke
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
Allison and Janice Edwards
Ms. Martha Feehan
Ms. Beth Fisher
Mr. Bernard Fishman
Ms. R. Lee Forsythe
Ms. Toni Fraser
Mr. Thomas Freeman
Robert P. Fuller
Mary and Larry Glatz
Ms. Martha Unobskey Goldner
Mr. Stephen H. Grant
Greater Portland Landmarks
Mr. Fred Hammond
Blake Harrison
Mr. James C. Hathorne
Ms. Ann Hauck
Mr. Harris Hinckley
Mr. John Holverson
Mr. John R. Houghton
Earle and Dorothy Ingalls
Mr. Richard B. Innes
Islesboro Historical Society
Mr. Roland C. Jordan
Ms. Carol Kammen
Candace Kanes
Charles Kaufmann
Ms. Deborah Kendall
Mr. John J. Knapp Jr.
Mrs. Janice E. Labrecque
Mr. Lewis Lajos Incze
Mr. Sean Leonard
John Libby Family Association
Gary W. Libby
Ms. Elizabeth Dow Lown
Mr. Russell W. MacAusland
Maine College of Art Library
Mr. Frederick F. Marston Jr.
Mr. Dave Maschino
Ms. Judith G. Maskell
Massachusetts National Guard Library
Mr. Jeffery E. McCulloh
Dennis and Roxy McLeod
Ms. Sarah S. Meacham
Mrs. Alice P. Merriam
Mr. Paul Merrill
Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Miller
Dr. Alvin H. Morrison and Dr. Ann
M. Spinney
Ms. Jessica L. Moulton
Mr. John Muldoon
Ms. Sandra G. Munsey
Mr. Dana Murch
New York Public Library
Mr. James Newton
Mr. Gerald Paine
Ms. Gail U. Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Peck
Mr. and Mrs. Marius B. Peladeau
Judie Percival
Mr. Ken Perkins
Mr. Bryan Peterson
Jane N. Pickett
Mr. Robert Pitcole
Portland Fire Department
Portland Museum of Art
Portland Public Library
Portland Veteran Fireman’s Association
Ms. Bernadette H. Posnick
Poway Library
Harriet H. Price
Ms. Patricia Davidson Reef
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Reiche
Ms. Debra Rhoads
Darrell and Cyndi Robinson
Ms. Nancy H. Roth
Ellis Rudy
Hannah L. Russell
Barbara Saabye
Ms. Laurie Saad
Mr. David Sanderson
Ms. Evelyn S. Sawyer
Ms. Marjorie Schultz
Geraldine Tidd Scott
Mr. Charles D. Scribner
Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley
Mr. Stephen Sesto
Mr. David C. Sherron
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
Ms. Charlotte Siegel
Ms. Nancy K. Simpkins
Mr. Glenn B. Skillin
Mr. Maurice Sterling
Mr. William O. Stuart
Ms. Brenda Sullivan
Ms. Anne Taliento
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Tarbox Jr.
Temple Beth El
The Estate of Mary J.E. Clapp
The Estate of Viginia Hawkes Edwards
The Estate of Raymond Leahy
Mrs. Ann M. Thomas
Ms. Gayle Tolchin
University of Maine - Orono
Mr. Bill Varsell
Mr. Thomas Vining
Mrs. Mary Anne Wallace
Ms. Sharon Wardlaw
Ms. Amy Waterman
Ms. Sophia West
Weston Homestead Farm Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Maurice M. Whitten
Mr. Robert Whittier
Jan and Sally Williams
Ms. Sally Williams
Mr. John Wilson
Dr. Wallace F. Witham Jr.
Ms. Barbara P. Wood
Mr. Douglas Woodsum
Mr. John W. York Jr.
Williston-Immanuel United Church
Women’s Literary Union
TRIBUTE GI F TS
In memory of Nancy Horner
Jean M. B. Chapman
Walter and Janice Connor
Ms. Barbara Doughty
Mr. Donald H. Gustafson
Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School
James and Barbara Horner
Jonas Klein
Mr. and Mrs. James Landry
Mrs. Denise LeMoal
Mrs. Alice S Muirhead
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Jodrie
Lloyd C. Ferguson and Pauline L.
Callahan
In memory of Brian and Daniel Googins
In memory of Elaine Joyce McKinney and
John E. McKinney
In honor of Max Greyson Cohen on the
attainment of his Bar Mitzvah
REALI Z ED BEQUESTS AND
PLANNED GIFTS
Anne R. Henry
William T. and Catherine M. Lawrence
Elizabeth E. Perkins
*deceased
These lists are meant to be comprehensive and accurate. If you are
aware of an omission or other error, please accept our apologies and
contact the MHS Development Office at 207-774-1822. Thank you.
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HELP THE 2012-2013 ANNUAL FUND TAKE OFF!
MHS Br own L ibr ar y
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Close d T ue s D e c 2 5 , J a n 1
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with Dorothy Nason of Westbrook.
They are boarding for a flight over
Portland to drop “bombs” of gift
certificates as a publicity stunt.
P lease take this opportunity to make your tax-deductible
Annual Fund gi f t be fore year-end.
The Annual Fund is essential to our continued success. Our offerings from elementary
school programs and lectures, to unique exhibits and library services, and even our Maine
Memory Network all depend on the support of our members and donors like you.
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and history of Maine. Here’s how you can support MHS quickly and securely:
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CELEBRATE THE SEASON !
Local author Toni Buzzeo delights us again with Lighthouse Christmas.
Inspired by a true Christmas tradition, this nostalgic story of a family enjoying the simple pleasures of the holiday is just right for reading together
in front of the fire! Available in our store and online at
www.mainehistorystore.com. Hardcover. $16.99.
Join us at MHS on December 15th to meet the author!
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